Jephthah Bible Quiz

Answer key for Jephthah Bible Quiz

1. Q1: From what region was Jephthah? Answer: Gilead. Judges 11:1 (KJV) — 'Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour.' Reference: Judges 11:1 (KJV).
2. Q2: Why did his brethren cast him out? Answer: He was the son of an harlot. Judges 11:1 (KJV) — 'he was the son of an harlot.' Reference: Judges 11:1 (KJV).
3. Q3: To what land did Jephthah flee? Answer: Tob. Judges 11:3 (KJV) — 'dwelt in the land of Tob.' Reference: Judges 11:3 (KJV).
4. Q4: Whom did Jephthah fight? Answer: The children of Ammon. Judges 11:4 (KJV) — 'the children of Ammon made war against Israel.' Reference: Judges 11:4 (KJV).
5. Q5: What did Jephthah vow to offer? Answer: Whatsoever came forth of his doors to meet him. Judges 11:31 (KJV) — 'whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me... shall surely be the LORD's.' Reference: Judges 11:31 (KJV).
6. Q6: Who came out first to meet him? Answer: His daughter. Judges 11:34 (KJV) — 'his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels.' Reference: Judges 11:34 (KJV).
7. Q7: How long was she given to bewail her virginity? Answer: Two months. Judges 11:37 (KJV) — 'let me alone two months.' Reference: Judges 11:37 (KJV).
8. Q8: What word did the Ephraimites fail to pronounce? Answer: Shibboleth. Judges 12:6 (KJV) — 'Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth.' Reference: Judges 12:6 (KJV).
9. Q9: How many Ephraimites fell at that time? Answer: 42,000. Judges 12:6 (KJV) — 'there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.' Reference: Judges 12:6 (KJV).
10. Q10: Jephthah is listed among the faithful in which chapter? Answer: Hebrews 11. Hebrews 11:32 (KJV) — 'Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae.' Reference: Hebrews 11:32 (KJV).